leading edge

See also: leading-edge

English

Noun

leading edge (plural leading edges)

1. (aeronautics) The frontmost edge of a wing or other airfoil of an aircraft; sometimes contains slots or slats.
2. The foremost part of any physical object.

   the leading edge of a cricket bat

3. (by extension) The foremost part of a trend etc; a vanguard.
4. The forefront of practice or technology.

   Synonym: bleeding edge

   • 1996, Computerworld (volume 30, number 21)

     DiBattista advocated balanced webmastery: Don't go to the leading edge if it forces users to buy the latest and greatest Web stuff.

Derived terms

• leading-edge

Related terms

• trailing edge

Translations

aeronautics: frontmost edge of an airfoil

• Catalan: caire d'atac m
• Czech: náběžná hrana f
• Finnish: johtoreuna (fi), etureuna
• French: bord d’attaque (fr) m
• German: Anströmkante f, Profilnase f
• Italian: bordo di attacco m
• Japanese: 前縁 (zen'en)
• Occitan: bòrd d'atac m
• Polish: krawędź natarcia
• Portuguese: bordo de ataque m
• Spanish: borde de ataque (es) m, borde delantero m, borde anterior m

foremost part of a trend

• Finnish: kärki (fi), kärkipää

forefront of practice or technology

• Finnish: kärki (fi), kärkipää
• Japanese: 最先端 (ja) (saisentan)
• Portuguese: ponta de linha f

See also

• cutting edge
• bleeding edge